Commodity Origins

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Rebasing sets every series to 100 at a chosen month so that different units ($/kg against $/t against $/bbl) can share one chart. A reading of 180 means the price is 80% above its level in the base month. Choose two to four series and a base month; the link updates so you can share it.

Coffee vs cocoa, rebased monthly prices, index, January 2015 = 100, Jan 2015 to Aug 2026Line chart of coffee vs cocoa, rebased monthly prices in index, January 2015 = 100 from Jan 2015 to Aug 2026: Coffee: Arabica (ICE New York, other milds) from 100 to 190.2, peaking at 216; Cocoa: Cocoa (ICE New York and London average) from 100 to 203.8, peaking at 368.2.0100200300400201620182020202220242026index, January 2015 = 100
Coffee: Arabica (ICE New York, other milds)Cocoa: Cocoa (ICE New York and London average)

Source: World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), monthly averages, CC BY 4.0. IMF series are excluded from the compare tool because their rows are not redistributed.

Prices are monthly benchmark averages published by the World Bank (Pink Sheet) and the IMF; they lag the market and are for information only, not investment, legal or trade advice.

How it works

For each series the tool divides every monthly value by the value in the base month and multiplies by 100. Worked example, using the two series preset below: arabica coffee averaged $4.19/kg in January 2015 and $7.97/kg in August 2026, so its rebased value is 190. Cocoa moved from $2.92/kg to $5.95/kg over the same months, a rebased value of 204. Both rose, but cocoa rose slightly more relative to where it started, which is the comparison rebasing is for.

Series with no quote in the base month are rebased to the first month that has one, and the table says so.